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' export participation decisions. In the model as in the data, news and increased uncertainty about higher future tariffs …
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We estimate the macroeconomic effects of import tariffs and trade policy uncertainty in the United States, combining … theory-consistent and narrative sign restrictions in Bayesian SVARs. We find mostly adverse consequences of protectionism, in … depress trade, investment, and output persistently. The general equilibrium import elasticity is -0.8. Historically, NAFTA …
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This paper presents a new measure of aggregate trade restrictions (MATR) using data from the International Monetary Fund's Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. MATR is strongly correlated with existing measures of trade restrictiveness but is more comprehensive in...
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The role of international trade was irreplaceable at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, especially the trade in medical supplies and food for all affected countries. Trade as a part of this crisis, certainly should not be an element of further countries' closing and new trade barriers...
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of the bilateral tariffs and non-tariff barriers put in place by the previous administration. Moreover, incentives to …. Continuing bilateral trade tensions between the world's largest economic powerhouse scan be expected to have significant impacts … on the rest of the world. While it is intuitive to conclude that bilateral trade restrictions create new opportunities …
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and labor market power. Reducing tariffs on intermediate inputs has increased a firm's price-cost markup but decreased the … trade shocks on product and labor market power, we exploit China's reductions in input and output tariffs upon its accession … to the World Trade Organization. We find that trade liberalization has not switched firms away from exercising product …
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We estimate the macroeconomic effects of import tariffs and trade policy uncertainty in the United States, combining … theory-consistent and narrative sign restrictions on Bayesian SVARs. We find mostly adverse consequences of protectionism … persistently, in aggregate and across sectors and space. The general equilibrium import elasticity is -0.8. Historically, NAFTA …
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